Thank you to the person who gave me an LJ paid time extension!  What a nice surprise!  (I'd love to do something for you, if you want to let me know. I'll screen comments in case.  :D)  I really appreciate it.


And mickeym, thank you so much for the v-gift candy hearts.  I love those!  :D

A belated thank you to annkiri  for the yellow rose.  There was no slogging--I enjoyed every minute!  <3

I am terribly absent right now, but I am trying to read my flist at least once a day so that i can keep up with everyone!  Love you guys! 

Omg, this is the best poll ever.  :D

linaerys 's Top of the Tops, Bottom of the Bottoms, part 2

(Includes crack pairings of all kinds: SPN, SGA, Burn Notice, Ocean's 11, RPF, Dr Who, House, Smallville, Heroes, BtVS, Merlin, HP, and more!!!)

For Merlin recs (fics, vids, art, etc.), visit attheroundtable !

Fics: To everyone who replied to the last fic I posted (Sam/Dean with the Ruby POV), thank you very much for the lovely comments.  I really appreciate them.  Several people left very encouraging thoughts, and I hate that I can't reply to the them.  I somehow managed to delete the entire entry--fic, comments and all.  I also deleted the emailed comments, so... *facepalm*  Anyway, I'm not ignoring comments, I'm just behind, and incompetent with LJ! :D

Shows: Entourage!  causeways , I'm watching this show on your recommendation, and I could not be happier!  It's not something I'll be fannish about, but it's so well done--I feel like I'm watching a movie, and it's something that my husband will watch with me.  I think the Ari character is my favorite so far. :D :D :D  I smile every time I think about it! :D

Books: I just finished reading Revolutionary Road, by Richard Yates.  I'll admit that I only discovered it because Kate Winslet was on the cover (yes, I'm shallow).  I read it, and wow.  It's a commentary on suburban life in the 1950s, but it's told from the POV of a couple who feel like they're above the fray, superior to all those cookie-cutter couples around them.  They are spectacularly unhappy as individuals, as well as being dissatisfied with life in general, and they make each other miserable.  It was interesting, because I disliked both characters, yet read the book really quickly and enjoyed it.  The author's descriptions are so intense--I've never read a book quite like it.  The movie is coming out soon--here's the trailer. 

Happy New Year!!!

I finished watching Merlin. I really liked it, which surprised me, because I've always liked Bernard Cornwell's take on the Arthurian Legend. His trilogy (The Winter King, Enemy of God (one of the best books I've read), and Excalibur) is SO different from the angle the show takes. The books are set around 500 A.D., and there's no magic. Merlin is considered a magician, but nothing supernatural actually happens, and the focus of the books is more on Arthur, from the POV of Derfel, one of his soldiers. The stories are gritty and miserable and real, filled with damp weather, betrayals, and bloody battles with Saxons. Good stuff!

Anyway, the show is vastly different, yet totally endearing and fun to watch.

Why do so many people not like crossovers? I've seen many people say, "Well, I don't read crossovers..."

I haven't read many, because I'm not familiar with most fandoms (I've never seen Buffy or Dark Angel, or X-Files, etc), but I've read a few lately, and I am ADDICTED. I read an SGA/original Star Trek crossover that I LOVED, and the Merlin/SGA fusion that I read recently nearly sent me into orbit. Oh, and I once read a really interesting Heroes/SPN crossover.  And astolat's Old Country, which was a SPN/Harry Potter crossover, was amazing. Maybe the key is knowing both sets of characters?



Poll #1323799 Crossovers
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 18

Do you read crossovers?

If the answer was no, do you make exceptions for certain fandoms/characters?

If you don't read them, why not?

If you do read them, what do you like best?

A belated thank you to mickeym  for the candy cane, and thank you to deirdre_c  for the hot chocolate!  MMMM  :D   leighm, I still can't believe I have all these userpic spaces!!! :D

Viewing: I am on episode 5 of Merlin. 

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a truly lovely movie.  *sniffle*

Title: Clear as Crystal
Author: aynslee
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Rating: R
Wordcount: 2,180
Spoilers: Yes, through 4.10
Summary: Ruby wants.
Notes: Written for thehighwaywoman, who wanted Sam/Dean, outside POV. When I saw the prompt, I immediately wanted to write this fic from Ruby's POV. I'd been thinking of this for some time, and after one of the episodes, ninhursag and cormallen made some comments about why Ruby went to hell, and some of those ideas were similar to what I was thinking.
***HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!*** I hope it's close to something you wanted. :)


****I somehow managed to delete the original story and the comments.  Thanks to everyone who replied--I appreciate it, and I apologize for my idiocy!  :S  

( Clear as Crystal )

Happy Birthday to thehighwaywoman!!!   I hope you have a great day! 

I first saw the phrasing about two months ago, in a fic, and now I see it everywhere!  Is it an internet thing?  Some sort of pop culture reference that I missed?!?!?! HELP!  

It's always along the lines of: X Character is X (the first adjective is repeated again after the noun)--for example:  Enthusiastic Dean is enthusiastic.  Or careful Sam is careful.  Or crazy fangirl is crazy.  

What is it?  Where did it come from?  Anyone? :D :D :D

HAPPY BIRTHDAY mickeym !!!!!!!!!

I hope you have a LOVELY day! :D :D :D 

I watched the original Star Trek as a child.  And now...  SPOCK! KIRK!

TRAILERS FOR THE NEW MOVIE OMG!!!  

Thank you mickeym for the 'my little pony', and thank you rejeneration for the daisy! 


I've never seen an episode of Stargate Atlantis.  I had to Google John and Rodney to know one from the other.  

But I was in the mood for some plotty sci-fi fic, and luckily, kashmir1 has a recs list (a lovely list, btw, Jules).  The fics are really really good, even though I don't have a CLUE about the canon.  LOL.  :D  

*must decide about Nano* 

In all the excitement of last week, I forgot to post the remix fic that I wrote!

Remix Title: Flicker
Remix Author:aynslee
Original Story: Where the Frightened Crawl
Original Author:poisontaster
Rating: R
Pairings: Sam/Dean
Summary: Dean fights for his connection to Sam.
Warnings: None

Flicker

nu_breed wrote the remix of my fic (which I love very much). I had no idea!  :D :D :D Gods of Cruel Design

Poll #1277429 4.04 Coda
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 33

Sam/Dean fic based on 4.04: which do you prefer?

I need to join the chorus of: OMG spn_remix fics are posted!!! I LOVE what the anon author did with my WIAWSNB coda. That's one of my favorite episodes of all time.

It's called Gods of Cruel Design, and it's perfect.

I also got the chance to do a dvd_commentary for withdiamonds's BigBang fic: Hangman is Coming Down From the Gallows. My commentary is here.  I wasn't sure what I was doing at first, but I ended up really enjoying it. 

I hate leaving sparse, general, one-line comments like: OMG, great fic, I loved it, but I'm often short on time, and I figure that's better than saying nothing at all.  But if I had my way, I'd leave you all paragraph after paragraph of rambling reviews, and that's exactly what I got to do with this fic.  

Happy belated birthday to zooey_glass04, who I adore beyond all reason!

I'm the biggest loser in the whole world for being a day late with this.  I am SO glad you had a nice birthday.  :D :D :D